Empty Chaos, the sequel to Empty Streets, is now available. Click here or on the book cover for purchasing information.

Bodhi disappeared almost eighteen months ago. Eri has a new house and a new job, but she still can’t accept that he is gone. Her memories grow dim, however, and new friends make her mundane life almost comfortable. Then, while working as a food packager, she sees the secret symbol she and Bodhi shared drawn on a muddy delivery truck. He is alive.

After enlisting the help of Ben, a mysterious deliveryman who also knows Bodhi, Eri sneaks into the darkness of night. Finding Bodhi, though, means learning the truth about the world they live in. To face the truth, Eri must choose who to save and who to hurt. She never wanted to save the world, or start a revolution. But sometimes, to be with the one you love, you have to risk everything, even if it means losing yourself in the process.

Empty Streets is part one of a two part series. Click here or on the the cover for purchasing information.

Book SummaryI want to go outside, Eri thinks. Her parents forbid it. Her brother thinks she’s crazy. But the feeling is too much for her to deny. For 17 years she has been caged. It’s time to escape.

What Eri encounters outside, however, is the opposite of what she’d imagined. Outside, she finds empty streets and people hired to keep them empty. Eri meets Bodhi, another explorer determined to understand the outside world. What seemed simple turns into a complicated puzzle, with both of them piecing together how their world got this way and how they can keep each other alive.Their explorations lead them to push farther, into new, silent landscapes. With each risk they find new information, until ultimately they risk too much and Bodhi disappears. Silenced by her fear, Eri has to decide: should she blend back into her normal life? Or should she look for Bodhi? Eri realizes too late that Bodhi isn't the only one who has been caught.

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